A better way is to say, “Are you a hugger?”

Sure you can, I have a coworker who does NOT like to be touched...she said so, so you know what?  I don’t touch her.  Perfectly OK to kindly state your boundaries.  You can do this without being a jerk...just say “I’m not a huggy feely person...don’t take it personally”...and boom...done.

Nope, I’m not even a fan but Kevin Hart paid his dues, doing little bit parts, playing shit clubs, and putting out those bootleg comedy specials year after year until things popped off for him.

Untrue. Asking politely *while not moving towards them* is how to do it. “No” is always an acceptable answer to any question. And learning how to say no is an important skill, one that we should be instilling in children, especially regarding personal boundaries. Making kids hug or kiss someone if they don’t want to…

Personally, I can empathize a bit with Hands Off Please, being touched (and a lot of other social interactions) makes me uncomfortable. However, we should strive to be adults about it and be able to tolerate some mild discomfort every now and then.

Color me rude, then, bc I always say no.

Ive never had an issue saying that I'd prefer not.

Yes, an ass-grab and a shoulder-tap are definitely equivalent actions! No, your question is not blatantly disingenuous!

My god! Human contact for “barely a quarter of a second”! The horror!
Gonna need years of therapy to recover from so scarring an experience.

You’re immediately assuming that everybody that’s stuck behind is a direct result of booze and alcohol. You say you went to a decent college, but it’s like you have zero education.

Wow somebody got all super triggered and went full cartoon bigotry.

Yeeeeeah there’s that attitude I know so well.

Funny thing is, a lot of things New Yorkers think they’re the only city that’s known for, are actually bigger and better/worse other places. Boston has worse traffic for example as do half a dozen or so other cities, according to study this year. In terms of population…

Living in a town of 15,000. Getting ready to move to a town of 1,000. Been to cities 1 mil+ Fuck large cities. Love to visit, but I like going outside, seeing stars, knowing everyone, and only having to drive 15-20 minutes to get anywhere. And next door is a city of 120,000. We get plenty of people visiting, and…

New Yorkers think literally everywhere outside their city limits looks like Berrysville. I’m from right outside Boston. My ex’s friends from NYC came to visit expecting to see tumbleweeds. My current girlfriend’s best friend who now lives in NYC, I had to explain to her husband to his bewilderment that I had seen a…

I live in a suburb of a medium sized city in the heartland. I am in NYC regularly for work and I'd rather shove shards of glass up my ass than move there. That is the most overrated place in America. Lovely for a visit but an absolute hellhole to live in. I lived there for six months and hated it.

Pople asked Japanese people what they thought of white people being into Japanese stuff and they were super happy about it. When things get assimilated it is for the greater good. Nobody cares something originated as part of some religion or ethnic group and became popular. Most countries push their culture to the…

Yeah it just seems like “midwestern cut pizza” or something. I’d never seen such a thing until I moved to Ohio (from Texas), and I’ve never seen it anywhere else but the midwest. As far as toppings, sauce and dough its all meh...

When I think thin crust I do not think of Pizza hut.

That is exactly the same type of pizza sold at two different joints in the town I grew up in, in Wisconsin. Population 4,519. I dunno how you can call it a Minnesota thing if it’s been done in Wisconsin since the seventies.

It is exactly the same as the Chicago-style my in-laws in Chicago eat.